Publisher's Notebook: Only in LA?
Do we have this anywhere in Washington? Arriving at a farmer's market in Santa Monica, you pull up on your bicycle and it's parked for you by valets? And we thought Deer Valley ski valets were making civilization soft.
Yesterday in LA's Koreatown, legendary developer Jerry Snyder, 84 years young, showed us the fitness room in his latest development, 464 upscale apartments near downtown. They also have a spinning room, all kinds of communal social areas as well as a full-time social director, WiFi indoors and out, 32k SF of ground-floor retail, and of course a special dog park with its own yellow fire hydrant.
One of the towers is 30 stories high...
…allowing incredible views from nearly every unit, and making you wonder whether DC's height limit is entirely a good thing.
